Mumbai, Jan 15 (IANS) Newbie Nishna, buoyed by a profitable begin to 2024, will probably be searching for one other good week on the Bombay Presidency Golf Membership, one other course she is conversant in because the second leg of the Ladies’s Professional Golf Tour will get underway.
Nishna produced a sterling end to beat Sneha Singh and Hitaashee Bakshi within the first leg to offer herself a giant confidence booster.
The sector contains Vani Kapoor, who will probably be assessing her type earlier than she goes and performs a couple of occasions on the Sunshine Tour in South Africa, the place she will probably be joined by Amandeep Drall, amongst others. Amandeep can also be within the area this week.
Neha Tripathi, Seher Atwal and Ridhima Dilawari are additionally hoping to search out type and rhythm early within the season earlier than they play extra on the worldwide Excursions within the subsequent few months.
Whereas Vani and Ridhima didn’t play final week, Seher Atwal was tied fourth, Amandeep was sixth and Neha simply outdoors the Prime-10.
Sneha Singh, the Hero Order of Advantage winner in 2023, and Hitaashee Bakshi will proceed to be the highest contenders this week. The amateurs and seasoned professionals aside, there are fairly a couple of younger and upcoming stars who could be eager to make an affect.
The sector consists of 33 professionals and 6 amateurs, enjoying for a handbag of Rs 12 lakhs.
Of the 4 amateurs within the area this week, the Nationwide champion, Vidhatri Urs and Mannat Brar are additionally resulting from play the Ladies’s Newbie Asia-Pacific early subsequent month, so this must be tune-up for that. Final week Nishna was the winner and Mannat was tied fourth for, indicating that amateurs have now develop into a power to reckon with even on the professional Tour.
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